1. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.

2. Andersen, Hans Christian.

The Swineherd. Translated and illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, inc. 1958. 17 x 19.5 cm. 32 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. [Andersen, Hans Christian] Toksvig, Signe.

The Life of Hans Christian Andersen.

London, MacMillan and Co., 1933. 15 cm x 22 cm. 289 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece and portrait, in black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Noticeable rubbing to the spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard.

4. Anderson, Wayne / Logue, Christopher.

Lieber Ratz, zauber was ! [Original english title: Ratsmagic]

Aarau, Sauerländer, 1976. 27 cm. [32] Seiten. Überwiegend farbige Illustrationen. Hardcover / Illustrierter Pappband. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

5. Ashford, Daisy.

The Young Visiters, or Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J.M.Barrie.

Fourth Impression. London, Chatto & Windus, June 1919. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Private Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. Beaulieu, Mad. Mallès de / [Robinson Crusoe].

Le Robinson de douze ans – Histoire intéressante d’un jeune Mousse Français abondonné dans une ile déserte. Ornée de Gravures par Mme Mallès de Beaulieu, Auteur des Coules d’une Mère à sa Fille.

Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, no date (approx. 1818). Small – Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, Titlevignette, 288 pages with two further engravings (4 in total). Hardcover. Original, blue paper-covered boards, extensively decorated with gilt floral motifs and an inset illustration of the young Robinson and his dog on a beach. Very good condition. Interior remarkably clean. Fine example of a so-called Robinsonade, a fashionable adaptation of the original Robinson Crusoe story, in this case based on another “Robinsonade”, this is a somewhat modified and inspired version of Johann David Wyss’ famous publication “The Swiss Family Robinson”, which he published initially “to teach his sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance” (Wikipedia). In her publication “History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children’s Literature”, Jackie C. Home writes that “The Bibliothèque Nationale de France online catalogue lists 35 French language editions of Mallès de Beaulieu’s novel, published between 1818 and 1923, suggesting that the novel was one of the most popular titles fro children in nineteenth-century France.”

7. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

8. Browning, Gareth H.

The Children’s Book Of Wild Flowers And The Story Of Their Names. Illustrated by M. C. Pollard.

London / Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1929. 16 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 250 pages, 50 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Sunning to spine, chipped dustjacket, slightly shaken, otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

9. Brun, Samuel Jacques.

Tales of Languedoc. With an Introduction by Harriet W. Preston and Illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto.

San Francisco, William Doxey, 1896. 22cm x 16cm. 240 pages. With 33 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

11. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Jessie Willcox Smith.

In the Closed Room. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton [Printed in the USA by “The McClure Press”], 1904. Octavo. Frontispiece, III, [1], 129 pages with 8 beautiful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Hardcover / original, beautifully illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spien and three coloured cover illustration. Interior in art nouveau style. One of the illustrations cleanly detached but still in very good condition (slightly frayed), one of the illustrations slightly detached. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some very minor and only very occasional staining to a few of the pages. Binding with some inor spottingto the rear board but very firm with the original artwork on endpapers and pastedown. Name of preowner on endpaper.

12. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Robinson, Charles.

The Secret Garden. Illustrated.

Second edition. Reprinted. London, Book Club Associates, 1976. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece, 242 pages. 8 original colour illustrations, including frontispiece, by Charles Robinson. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition throughout.

13. [Caldecott, Randolph].

The Great Panjandrum himself.

London, George Routledge & Sons, no date (ca. 1885). Oblong-Octavo. 24 pages with seven colour-illustrations (including cover). Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [R.Caldecott’s Picture Books].

14. [Caldecott, Randolph] Goldsmith, Oliver.

An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex – Mrs. Mary Blaize.

London, George Routledge & Sons, no date (ca. 1885). Oblong-Octavo. 24 pages with six colour-illustrations (including cover). Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [R.Caldecott’s Picture Books].

15. Carlsen, Jesper and others.

Plys årbog for børne- og ungdomslitteratur (Plush: Yearbook for Children’s and Youth Literature). 1985.

Denmark, Forlaget ARNIS, 1985. 20 cm x 26.9 cm. 121 pages. With many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. As new with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tear to lower rear cover. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

16. Christian Andersen, Hans. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

A Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Danish by Erik Chrisitan Haugaard.

New York, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1974. 15 x 22 cm. 524 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

17. Cooke, Arthur O.

At the Zoo. Pictures by Winifred Austen.

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year. 22 cm x 29 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages. 12 colour illustrations including frontispiece on separate plates. Numerous illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with title and pictorial on front baord with tooled bordering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

18. Crane, Walter.

The Baby’s Opera – A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses / The Music by the earliest Masters. Engraved & Printed in colours by Edmund Evans.

London / New York, Federick Warne and Co., c. 1877. Octavo. 56 pages. 11 full-page illustrations by Crane. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Pages detached. But all illustrations in very good condition. Cover stronger worn ! Inscribed: “Chrissie Begg – All good wishes for Christmas from Florence Miller”.

19. Crockett, S.R.

Sweetheart Travellers – A Child’s Book for Children, For Women, And for Men. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and W.H.C. Groome.

Third Edition. London, Wells, Gardner, Warton & Co. 1896. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 305 pages. 69 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original patterned green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Spine and front board carry inlaid pictorial images. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Minor abrasions in gutter between front endpaper and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong.

20. De Brunhoff, Laurent.

Serafina The Giraffe.

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968. 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm. [26 pages] Abundant colour illustrations by author throughout. Hardcover [publisher’s original richly illustrated orange cloth] lettering to spine. Good- condition. Minor rubbing to board corners. Cracks along length of both gutters between pastedowns and endpapers and at hinge of spine. Binding is tender at hinges but textblock is solid. Interior bright and clean with hint of foxing to edges. Ownership stamp of Charles U. Kruger, Educational Consultant’, in Switzerland on rear endpaper.